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Musée Jeu de Paume, construit au XIXᵉ siècle dans le jardin des Tuileries, le bâtiment qui abrite aujourd’hui le Musée du Jeu de Paume servait à l’origine au jeu de paume, l’ancêtre de nombreux sports modernes comme le tennis ou la balle pelote. Au début du XXᵉ siècle, le bâtiment et son pendant, l’Orangerie, voient… Read more »

So youngly Guccio Gucci developed competences within the fashion field and came nearer the luxury world working into palaces.  In 1921 Gucci’s brand was founded and a first shop opened in Florence offered saddlery products, luggage and riding accessories. This first shop was followed by many others and the brand branched out quickly.

During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »